This cache was originally placed by Cache U Nutter
F*** THE NAZIS, SAYS CHURCHILLS PARROT. Now resident at the nearby Heathfield Nursery off Flanchford Rd, in palatial quarters,Charlie a blue and gold macaw is not only said to be the countries oldest bird [at 105] but was at Winston Churchills side during Britains darkest hours.
You can visit her if you would like, her favourite sayings were 'F*** the Nazis and F*** Hitler. Even today, 41 years after the great mans death she can still be coaxed into repeating the words with unmistakeable Churchillian inflection Churchill bought Charlie in 1937 and gave him a boys name despite the fact that she is female. Peter Oram from the nursery bought Charlie after Churchill died in 1963 but was forced to move her out of his house after she kept swearing at the children.
In 2004, My dog Douggie came across Charlie when the parrot was loose in the warehouse and almost made history when charlie narrowly escaped my dogs gaping jaws by a last minute tug at the lead! Churchill may no longer be with us but his spirit,words of defiance and resolve live on through Charlie.